Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017
Latest action · Jun 29, 2017 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017
This bill amends the Uniformed Services Employment Rights Act of 1994 to: (1) consider procedural protections or provisions under such Act concerning employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services to be a right or benefit subject to the protection of such Act, and (2) make any agreement to arbitrate a claim under such provisions unenforceable unless all parties consent to arbitration after a complaint on the specific claim has been filed in court or with the Merit Systems Protection Board and all parties knowingly and voluntarily consent to have that particular claim subjected to arbitration.
Consent shall not be considered voluntary when a person is required to agree to arbitrate an action, complaint, or claim alleging a violation of such provisions as a condition of future or continued employment, advancement in employment, or receipt of any right or benefit of employment.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2017 to Oct 6, 2017; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | May 24, 2017 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Oct 6, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 24, 2017 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred May 24, 2017Hearings Jun 29, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 24, 2017Introduced in House
- May 24, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 24, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 90, May 24, 2017, page H4570.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 646 | Justice for Servicemembers and Veterans Act of 2017 | Related bill | Mar 15, 2017 |
| HR 5426 | Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Jun 13, 2016 |
| HR 8207 | Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2020 | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 11, 2020 |
| HR 8237 | Protecting the Employment Rights of Servicemembers Act | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 14, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the scope of procedural rights of members of the uniformed services with respect to their employment and reemployment rights, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
